There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Ascona by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)SOF - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
7h 37mCHF 55–193Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)SOF - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
7h 47mCHF 35–289Bus, train via Trieste
- Take the bus from Sofia to Trieste
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
22h 12mCHF 125–175Drive 1,468.9 km
- Drive from Sofia to Ascona1,468.9 km
14h 30mCHF 236–341Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)SOF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
7h 53mCHF 124–288Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)SOF - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarno
9h 59mCHF 85–226Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)SOF - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
9h 11mCHF 69–223Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to LocarnoRe80
23h 43mCHF 116–145Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to LocarnoRe80
24h 36mCHF 92–97Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Milano, Autostazione LampugnanoUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3412 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bellinzona076
25h 21mCHF 71–112Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bellinzona
26h 17m
Sofia to Ascona by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Ascona is to fly and train which costs SFr 35 - SFr 290 and takes 7h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 7h 37m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 200.
The distance between Sofia and Ascona is 1341 km. The road distance is 1468.9 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ascona without a car is to bus and train via Trieste which takes 22h 12m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 180.
It takes approximately 7h 37m to get from Sofia to Ascona, including transfers.
Ascona is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 3:22 PM in Sofia and 2:22 PM in Ascona.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Ascona is 1469 km. It takes approximately 14h 30m to drive from Sofia to Ascona.
There are 2716+ hotels available in Ascona.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Ascona, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Ascona, Centro via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Bellinzona, Castione-Arbedo, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Stazione, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 25h 21m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–370
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 17–24
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 81
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 84
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–23
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- rezervacije@nis-ekspres.rs
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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